at least – if nothingelse(`leastwise’ is informaland`leastways’ is colloquial);“atleast he survived”;“theyfelt–atanyrateJimfelt–relievedthoughstillwary”;“theinfluence of economists–or at anyrate of economics–isfar-reaching”

leastways, leastwise, at any rate

colloquialism – a colloquialexpression;characteristic of spoken or writtencommunicationthatseeks toimitateinformalspeech